Basic Site Details | Name: | 250 Houses | | Town, district or village: | Glengarnock | | City or county: | Ayrshire | | Country: | Scotland | | Parish: | | | Status: | | | Grid ref: | | | Notes: | In August 1918 a memorandum was officially issued for the guidance of local authorities proposing to formulate schemes for housing the working classes following a declaration of peace.
Various standard house type plans had already been prepared by the Scottish Office of Works to meet a variety of requirements on economic lines, some of which had been constructed, as at Glengarnock, Ayrshire. The Building News contained a report as follows:
The land is practically level throughout, and this fact has allowed the buildings to be set out on regular and formal lines. The houses are built in pairs or groups of six dwellings, with an average density of thirteen houses per gross acre. Plan (Type A) illustrates a group of four houses, and shows what is described as probably the most economical arrangement of plan. Passages are reduced to a minimum, and there is an absence of waste space. The end houses have two bedrooms on the upper floor, and the intermediate houses three bedrooms. The bathroom is a separate apartment entered from the scullery. This arrangement has the effect of reducing to a minimum the length of piping required for the hot-water supply from the range in the living-room, but the arrangement otherwise is open to objection on the ground of convenience. No provision Has been shown on the plan for direct access to the back gardens of the intermediate house. This may be considered necessary, and may be provided by means of pends through houses or by access paths. This type of plan is not suitable for use on north frontages. The elevations are treated simply, with brick base and rough cast walls. Houses of this type, with slight modifications in the details of the plans and elevations, have been erected at Glengarnock and Gourock, and at various sites in Lanarkshire.[Building News 17 September 1918 p184] | Building Type Classification| The building is classified under the following categories: | | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Housing scheme | | |
Events| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1918 | | Build/construction | |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClients| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | | Name | Notes | | Local Government Board for Scotland | |
ReferencesPeriodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building News | 17 September 1918 | | | p184 |
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